1 Samuel 2:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low; he also exalts.

Cross References

Psalm 75:7

but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

Job 5:11

he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

Job 1:21

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;

Psalm 102:10

because of your indignation and anger, for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.

2 Kings 9:6

So Jehu got up and went inside; the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, “Thus says the Lord the God of Israel: I anoint you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.

Job 40:12

Look on all who are proud and bring them low; tread down the wicked where they stand.

1 Chronicles 29:12

Riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all.

2 Chronicles 32:27

Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made for himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of costly objects;

2 Chronicles 32:29

He likewise provided cities for himself and flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great possessions.

Psalm 75:8

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed; he will pour a draught from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.

Proverbs 22:2

The rich and the poor have this in common: the Lord is the maker of them all.

Jeremiah 49:15

For I will make you least among the nations, despised by humankind.

Ezekiel 17:24

All the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord. I bring low the high tree; I make high the low tree; I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I the Lord have spoken; I will accomplish it.